Israel & Mohamed

One of them creates documentary-inspired theatre, films, and installations. The other is a virtuoso and iconoclastic flamenco dancer. By placing their first names side by side, Mohamed El Khatib and Israel Galván attempt to bridge the gap between their artistic worlds and practices as well as between their personal journeys, through a dialogue across the Mediterranean where differences prove as fruitful as affinities. Together, under the bewildered gaze of their fathers, they search for a common language rooted in the body, its wounds, and its scars. Taking their meeting and the sharing of their intimate, familial, and professional stories as a starting point, they explore – as a duo – the concepts of a living archive and a documentary dance. 

يعمل محمد الخطيب وإسرائيل غالفان سوياً لخلق "رقصة وثائقية" تجمع بين الحميمية والسياسة في ظلال الشخصيات الأبوية، وحوّلا جسديهما إلى أرشيف حيّ. 

With Mohamed El Khatib et Israel Galván  

Concept Mohamed El Khatib et Israel Galván  
Scenography Fred Hocké  
Sound and Technical Director Pedro León  
Video Zacharie Dutertre  
Production Rosario Gallardo, Gil Paon 

Production IGalván Company, Zirlib
Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, RomaEuropa Festival, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Le Grand T Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique (Nantes), TNB Théâtre national de Bretagne (Rennes), TnBA Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Tandem Scène nationale Arras-Douai, Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse), Scène nationale de l’Essonne (Evry), Teatro della Pergola (Florence), La Halle aux Grains Scène nationale de Blois
With the support of Ministère de la Culture Drac Centre-Val de Loire, Région Centre-Val de Loire, INAEM – Ministerio de Cultura (Madrid), and for the 79th edition: Ambassade d’Espagne en France
Shows in partnership with France Médias Monde